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Mrs. Dorrance from Cedar Rapids, IA is requesting books through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Books Take Us Back

Help me give my students access to quality books about slavery and segregation, and practice guides I can use to help teach phonics and morphology.

  • $287 goal

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My Project

My students are the most creative and curious kids around.

They love learning and these books will help them read more about slavery and segregation and learn from our past mistakes.

The slavery and segregation books will be used during our social studies unit and also be available for kids to read independently.

The phonics and morphology books will help me teach kids to be better readers and writers.

All of the resources will directly impact student learning. Having a rich classroom library allows students access to material they may not have access to at home.

Mrs. Dorrance
Grades 3-5

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Where your donation goes
Materials Cost Quantity Total
Teaching Syllable Patterns: Shortcut to Fluency and Comprehension for Striving Adolescent Readers (Maupin House) • Amazon Business $27.95 1 $27.95
Civil Rights Then and Now: A Timeline of Past and Present Social Justice Issues in America (Black History Book For Kids) (Woo! Jr. Kids Activities Books) • Amazon Business $9.95 2 $19.90
Scholastic Week By Week Phonics and Word Study for the Intermediate Grades, Grades 3-6 • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
Black Heroes: A Black History Book for Kids: 51 Inspiring People from Ancient Africa to Modern-Day U.S.A. (People and Events in History) • Amazon Business $14.99 1 $14.99
The First American Slaves: The History and Abolition of Slavery - Civil Rights Books for Children Children's History Books • Amazon Business $12.99 1 $12.99
Rosa Parks: A Kid's Book About Standing Up For What's Right (Mini Movers and Shakers) • Amazon Business $11.99 1 $11.99
The 1619 Project: Born on the Water • Amazon Business $11.95 1 $11.95
Extra Practice for Struggling Readers: Word Study: Motivating Practice Packets That Help Intermediate Students Learn Key Prefixes, Suffixes, and Roots to Succeed in Reading and Writing • Amazon Business $11.69 1 $11.69
Things Kids Should Know About Black History: Educational Children's book For Black History Month (Holiday Books for Kids) • Amazon Business $10.40 1 $10.40
Hi-Lo Passages To Build Reading Comprehension Skills: Grades 3-4 (Hi-Lo Passages To Build Comprehension) • Amazon Business $9.89 1 $9.89
Extra Practice for Struggling Readers: High-Frequency Words: Motivating Practice Packets That Help Intermediate Students Master 240 Essential Words They Need to Know to Succeed in Reading and Writing • Amazon Business $9.79 1 $9.79
Before She Was Harriet • Amazon Business $8.49 1 $8.49
Now Let Me Fly: The Story of a Slave Family (Aladdin Picture Books) • Amazon Business $7.99 1 $7.99
If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement (If You Were a Kid) • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
The Little Rock Nine Challenge Segregation: Courageous Kids of the Civil Rights Movement • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95
Harriet Tubman's Escape: A Fly on the Wall History • Amazon Business $7.95 1 $7.95

Materials cost

$196.86

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $13.48

3rd party payment processing fee

$2.95

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$243.29

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$42.93

Total project goal

$286.22

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $286.22

2 Donors

-$135.72

Donations toward project cost

-$121.65

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$14.07

match offer

-$143.11

Match offer toward project cost

-$121.64

Match offer to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$21.47

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$7.40

Still needed View calculationHide calculation

 $0.00

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